Staying on the topic of portraits I decided to try for the very first time a self-portrait in watercolor. It was supposed to be only one but finally I painted three of them because none of them was satisfying enough (by the way my hair got too long and I look completely disheveled).At the first painting I'm too skinny and my eyes are too small. The rest is quite ok. I tried to correct my mistakes and at the second painting I've got bigger eyes but this time they're too big, I painted more round face but it looks too round and at the same time completely unhealthy, like drunk, half-dead and totally depressed. And my hair is like ugh... disaster! Last one - eyes are quite ok but my nose and lips are way too small. And I look chubby, like a hamster. I feel really brave showing you these monsters (which supposed to be me) now. They're awful, I know. Please don't use them to scare your children! ;)

When I was a child I used to draw a lot of portraits and my mum was my number one model. Maybe one day I'll rummage my stuff to find those drawings, to compare with the present ones and to see if I did any progress. Meanwhile (say hello to my classmates) take a look at my latest artworks, drawn with a black marker on B3. I'm thinking about digitizing them but not sure yet what for... Do you have any ideas?

Finally I can show you some shoots from the Etno inspired collection. I already wrote about this project so if you're interested I'm sending you to to the post in which I explain how I've chosen the inspiration and another one in which I present you how I transformed it into my design.I'm so grateful that my best friends want to be my models. This time it was Anna who played the Etno role. And photo credits goes to Raisa Photo Art.

It's been quite a long time since I painted for the last time and I have to admit that it's hard to be back in game. I think that with all kinds of manual skills you just need to practice constantly to have your hands trained and your brain filled with new ideas. So there's only one watercolor painting prepared for you guys for now but I'm kicking off the whole new series so stay tuned and check out my Instagram for all my latest updates.

I really love speed drawing. Especially when it's done incognito, in a public space like a cafeteria, beach or a bus stop. Capturing the moment in 5-15 seconds with essential gestures, moves and light wipes the mindfulness and is really amazing for me. I particularly like drawing with a black marker because it's bold and distinctly draws what's lightened and what's shady (like in this post). Not always my sketches are good enough to share them (honestly, majority of them is simply ugly) because I treat them as an exercise, not a final drawing, final product to be proud of. But I've chosen a few of my latest sketches which I find quite cool. Each of them was drawn in less than 2 minutes with a stopwatch in hand. How do you like them?

Lately I announced what you might be expecting on the blog in the upcoming 4 months and today, after having a short break (last week spent in the mountains), I'm starting to follow my plan. (The beginning of the Summer sounds pretty encouraging too)​Last month I've been wondering what actually defines a standard t-shirt and what can be changed or swapped in it to make it more modern and original but still preserving its essence. 1. Firstly, I noticed that the surface of the t-shirt doesn't need to be unimpaired and having some holes and ruptures defined by the pattern still gives us a clear shape;2. What if we cut out some part of the sufrace and leave borders (neckline, ...) clear and untouched? It works too.3. Adding some volume by creating folds gathered under the accented edge is a bit like negation to previous points and it even brings out the essence of the t-shirt rather than divagates with it.4. Concentrating on the jersey nature of the t-shirt I'm trying to show that there can be several different types of this textile used to sew it5. Developing my thoughts about surfaces, lines, borders and variety of textiles that can be used I layered two of them in a one garment and played a little bit with the bottom line - it's like mixing a crop top with a knitwear and finding the balance between, in a tee.

I'm sure there is a better option for styling those t-shirts than pairing them with pencil skirts but maybe it's better this way? To focus more on tees leaving the rest of the body more standardised? Or would it be better to work more on the whole silhouette and treat it as a collection? What do you think?